Re: 4/28 Results Show *Spoilers*

sorry, in the IDOL world where we always here about "current," sinatra just doesn't cut it.

There's "timeless" and there's "old". They aren't the same thing.

Some of the Shania Twain songs we heard yesterday were simply "fifteen years old". Not bad songs, but hardly current.

Some of Sinatra's songs are 70 years old. But timeless in the sense that they are of an absolute quality level that they aren't bound to their original time period. Some of them are, but so many aren't.

Also, its in the performance. Something can be fresh simply because it isn't totally aping the original artist. Rearranging the songs, or sometimes simply adding a new performance element can bring something fresh.

Re: 4/28 Results Show *Spoilers*

Originally Posted by Unklescott;3889111;

Harry Connick Jr. is the mentor next week and the theme is the songs of Sinatra.

Did they just announce that? If so, I missed it.
Connick seems he would be a likely mentor for Sinatra::and he's quite the accomplished musician and very successful. I'll bet he will offer good advice.

The problem is the contestants this season simply do not change week after week and cannot take critique. It's the same old every time.

Re: 4/28 Results Show *Spoilers*

Originally Posted by ranger1rg;3889121;

i don't think "sinatra" is a good theme.

sorry, in the IDOL world where we always here about "current," sinatra just doesn't cut it.

But they always do a Standards / Broadway theme night. It's high quality material and how they approach it is up to them. They don't have to lean against a piano with a cigarette and a glass of scotch if they don't want to. Last year it was one of the best nights of the season. And Harry Connick is a much better choice for mentor than Jamie Foxx.

Re: 4/28 Results Show *Spoilers*

Originally Posted by TopCatDC;3889136;

But they always do a Standards / Broadway theme night. It's high quality material and how they approach it is up to them. They don't have to lean against a piano with a cigarette and a glass of scotch if they don't want to.